Eli5: Why do we use clean, potable water in toilets?
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Many have answered: just was simpler, cheaper and less headache for plumbers and city systems.
There is some movement to have toilets and urinals using storm water from the roof of large buildings. This is isn’t super difficult to engineer, since a lot of big buildings have mechanical rooms on their top floors and you can have storage tanks up there.
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